Business Advice
‘Just like a marriage’: How to keep business partnerships intact and fruitful
A business partnership is like a marriage. The children are happy when the parents are happy. When the parents are fulfilled, the children b…
A roller-coaster ride: A timeline of Australia’s scant investment in science and technology
By Kylie Walker, Australian National University and Emma Johnston, UNSW
Evidence from across the world shows that public investment in sc…
Worker sacked after asking for pay rise wins $4,000 compo payout
A South Australian noodle restaurant has been ordered to pay a worker $3,900 in compensation after bungling their dismissal.
The restaura…
Do this and get that: Your brand result depends on what you’re trading
You are achieving your brand today. Right now. Whatever you’re doing is contributing in some way. And right there is the power and the dan…
Childcare business ordered to pay $237,000 after defaming former employee
Defamation in the workplace is more often than not associated with disgruntled employees making adverse or negative remarks about their empl…
How Emily McWaters manages her Sydney-based business from Kangaroo Island
With the rise of communication tools and technology, it’s never been easier to maintain contact and keep up to date, regardless of your lo…
Money down: One trick to improve your business’ conversion and retention
Nick Kokonas questioned everything.
On his way to creating Alinea, named the best restaurant in America and the best restaurant in the wo…
ASIC to recover more than $400,000 from abandoned companies, prompting investigations
Corporate regulator ASIC has been appointing liquidators to abandoned companies in recent months to recover more than $400,000 in unpaid emp…
How to protect your business from an unexpected divorce
There are more than 2.2 million small businesses now operating in Australia, but as this number continues to climb, so does our divorce rate…
How this 19-year-old has made more than $500,000 by naming Chinese babies
For someone who struggles to name a plant or a dog, the idea of coming up with a name for an actual human is terrifying. Because if you scre…
